DemoChoice Web Poll: Cutest San Francisco Zoo animal

1 candidate will be elected with 2,508 ballots cast.


Round 1

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
polar bear     polar bear  Chart color  816  (32.6%)   
lion     lion  Chart color  571  (22.8%)   
meerkat     meerkat  Chart color  471  (18.8%)   
lemur     lemur  Chart color  363  (14.5%)   
prairie dog     prairie dog  Chart color  285  (11.4%)  Defeated
Pie chart

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate (     prairie dog) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cutest San Francisco Zoo animal

1 candidate will be elected with 2,508 ballots cast.


Round 2

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
polar bear     polar bear  Chart color  917  (36.7%)   
lion     lion  Chart color  600  (24.0%)   
meerkat     meerkat  Chart color  565  (22.6%)   
lemur     lemur  Chart color  417  (16.7%)  Defeated
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (     lemur) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cutest San Francisco Zoo animal

1 candidate will be elected with 2,508 ballots cast.


Round 3

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
polar bear     polar bear  Chart color  1,083  (43.6%)   
lion     lion  Chart color  636  (25.6%)  Defeated
meerkat     meerkat  Chart color  765  (30.8%)   
Pie chart

The last-place candidate (     lion) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.
















 

DemoChoice Web Poll: Cutest San Francisco Zoo animal

1 candidate will be elected with 2,508 ballots cast.


Round 4

Legend
Candidate Votes Status
polar bear     polar bear  Chart color  1,562  (64.0%)  Elected
meerkat     meerkat  Chart color  880  (36.0%)  Defeated
Pie chart

     polar bear has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.

In the end, 62.3% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 32.5% if only the first-round votes were used.

Also, view the Ballot Depth info to see how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cutest San Francisco Zoo animal

1 candidate will be elected with 2,508 ballots cast.


Ballot Depth

This shows how much the lower rankings on ballots contributed to the winning candidate.

Rank Fraction of votes for winner
1st    51.8% 
2nd    37.9% 
3rd    8.1% 
4th    1.8% 
5th    0.3% 
Pie chart